> and, from what I've read, would be higher cause the tests have changed.
That doesn't sound right - the Flynn effect causes IQ tests to get harder over time.
Also, I believe IQ reliably deteriorates with age.
That doesn't sound right - the Flynn effect causes IQ tests to get harder over time.
Also, I believe IQ reliably deteriorates with age.
Flynn effect and its reversal are both environmentally caused (2018)
https://sci-hub.tw/https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/0...
This sort of collective amnesia happens often if you look out for it and this makes me suspicious of other conventional wisdom I see peddled here and on Reddit. Is it probably true because a lot of people think so or is it true because it chimed with a story. The mind warping powers of politics are well known but maybe the conceit every person shares is that we feel there ought to be a nice coherent story like a box to put things into - meanwhile Reality/Nature/God gives zero fucks about all that.